Abilities Expo to showcase latest assistive technology, but will be scaled back

The Abilities Expo was canceled due to the pandemic in 2020, but the show will go on this year, albeit scaled back.

The Houston event will run Aug. 6-8 beginning at 11 a.m. at 1 NRG Park, Exhibit E, and is free to attend. However, participants will have to sign up to try items at the assistive technology showcase.

Pasadena, California-based Abilities Expo was established in 1979 and had gone through various iterations throughout the years. When Chairman Lewis Shomer and his business partner, President…